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2017-18 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Eric Franklin

Eric Franklin

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Mt. Laurel, NJ
  • High School:
    Bishop Eustace

Summary

Biography

TFRRS Stats

At UR 2017-18: Indoor: Ran in seven meets during the indoor season including the All-Atlantic Regional and Liberty League Championships...Was 8th at the AAR meet, posting a career-best 15:19.72 in the 5000 meters...Was 10th in the 5k and 21st in the 3k at the Liberty League Championships...Started the season strong with a runner-up finish in the 5000 meters at the Houghton December Classic...Had the 17th quickest time in the 5000 meters in the Atlantic Region, and the best on UR this season.

Outdoor: Ran five times...Finished 19th at the Liberty League Championships in the 1500 meters...Season-best time of 4:08.32 in 5th place result at the Rochester Twilight Classic...Placed 8th in the 5k at the Delhi Bronco Track & Field Classic...Named All-Academic by the Liberty League...Was an Academic All-District selection by CoSIDA and followed that up with 2nd Team Google Cloudy Academic All-America honors, his second straight on the AAA team.

At UR 2016-17: Indoor: The senior was the teams top miler during the indoor season, posting a personal best time of 4:24.08 at the Boston U. Valentine Invitational on Feb. 11...Also, was on UR's top distance medley relay team this season, running to a 4th place finish at the NYSCTC Indoor Championships in 10:32.28...Individually, placed 11th in the mile at states...Finished 8th in the DMR at the ECAC Division III Indoor Championships...Won 3000 meters at the Brockport Golden Eagle Multi & Invitational on Jan. 28, posting a time of 9:09.77.

Outdoor: Had six top-8 finishes spread across eight meets during the spring...Was 5th in the 1500 meters at the NYSCTC Outdoor Championships...Had a personal best time of 4:02.39 in the 1500 meters at the St. John Fisher Last Chance Meet, the second best time by a UR runner outdoors this season...Runner-up in the 1500 at the Golden Eagle Friday Night Invite...Honored for work in the classroom as a CoSIDA 3rd Team Academic All-American after being named 1st Team Academic All-District...Was awarded UR athletic department's Garnish Scholar Award in the fall and then earned Peter DiPasquale Male Scholar Athlete Award in the spring.

At UR 2014-15: Indoor: Competed in six meets as a sophomore during indoor season...Earned total of six top-8 finishes, including an 8th palce finish at the NYSCTC meet in the 1000m where he posted a time of 2:35.89...Also, was on 1st place distance medley relay team at the Brockport Golden Eagle Invitational on Jan. 24.

Outdoor: Competed in three events, qualifying for the NYSCTC Outdoor Championships in the 3000m steeplechase where he ended in 12th place...Season best result of 6th place at the SJFC Cardinal Classic on Apr. 25.

At UR 2013-14: Indoor: Ran in six meets during the winter of freshman season...Qualified for the NYSCTC Indoor Championships in the 800m, where he finished in 13th place...Earned season best finish individually, placing 12th in 2:01.96 in the 800m at the Golden Eagle Invite on Feb. 8.

Outdoor: Really rounded into form late in the season for Rochester, earning a win, two 2nd's and a 6th place finish in the last four meets of the season...Placed in 6th at the NYSCTC Outdoor Championships, running a season best 9:46.91 in the 3000m steeplechase...Won the steeplechase event at the Oneonta May Meet the following week, leading UR to a 1-2-3 finish in the race.

HS: Cross country, indoor track and outdoor track and field letterwinner at Bishop Eustace HS...Named co-captain in all three sports as a senior...Named 1st Team All-Conference three times in both cross country and outdoor track...Named All-South Jersey in XC as a senior...Helped Crusaders teams to conference and non public B state titles as a sophomore and junior in cross country...Personal best time of 15:43.89 in the 5k on the track...Class validictorian and president of the National Honor Society.

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